Halloween being what it is…They dressed up as dinosaurs, sheep, cats, king crabs and salmon, frogs, ghosts, witches, and costumes that plainly made sense to them.
All around the country last week, we saw “No Kings” protests, a kind of rallying cry against a fake villain, since there is little else to protest – borders closed, drug traffickers being pursued, illegal aliens being deported.
It was a grand, theatrical, wildly acted out complaint about federal laws being methodically, consistently enforced, after a long hiatus of non-enforcement.
This desperate effort for attention by the left, if entertaining, is embarrassing. The energy comes from a deep well of ideological vanity, a desperate minority trying to keep alive a fiction, that America is terrible – more terrible with safety, prosperity and restored greatness. This sad crowd thought the world revolved around them.
It puts me in mind of how half the world lost their heads when a man named Ptolemy – who was sure the sun, planets and universe revolved around earth – was disproved by a Polish astronomer named Copernicus, who pointed out that the planets revolved around the sun, and we were just a speck in a vast, universe.
This disappointed lot of people. The equivalent of mass protests erupted, because Ptolemy’s long promoted, almost worshiped, but untrue storyline – in our case, that federal immigration and drug laws do not matter – turned out to be false.
Turns out the sun does matter, and enforcing the laws does have value. We live in a heliocentric, not earth-centered system. We are not the center of the universe.
To watch these self-indulgent, increasingly unhinged protests by those with nothing better to do, many not working, others hankering for 1960s-style riots – all of whom have been conditioned to hate Donald Trump – is like watching kids threaten hold their breathe until blue, determined to pass out and make us feel bad, if they have to clean their room, do homework, not break the rules – adolescent.
The way I see it, if they want to get their costumes on, grab their angry banners, signs, flags, and bullhorns, get into the streets to declare the Earth is really the sun, or is flat, or that the sun rises in the west, or that boys are girls, children “furries,” borders not borders, everything illegal is legal, that cows have a right to jump over the moon, and that we have a king, so be it.
But here is a little secret. Cows do not fly, the sun does not revolve around the Earth, borders do matter, and we do not have a king.
That said, Halloween being what it is, enjoy the frivolity of frivolous protest, hate with gusto the leaders who keep you safe, deride who you please – because you have that right – and please hang your costumes over on the left, near Ptolemy’s. Thank you.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, Maine attorney, ten-year naval intelligence officer (USNR), and 25-year businessman. He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (North Country Press, 2018), and “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024). He is the National Spokesman for AMAC. Today, he is running to be Maine’s next Governor (please visit BobbyforMaine.com to learn more)!
RBC, as long as the Left keep embarrassing themselves and losing support. the nation will have to put up with it until the Left idiots in the Congress are bounced out and replaced with representatives who will represent the people and the nation. One can hope that people in their states will also dump those who are not doing the job. Until then, keep the buttered popcorn coming.
The political Left in this nation, the Democrat Party, tells us endlessly, with help from their media friends, that they are the majority party and most people agree with them and their policies and goals. Baloney. The Democrats have not had majority popular or voter support in this nation since the 1960s, and their support has been falling continuously since then. So, one would ask, how do they keep winning elections? Simple answer: they cheat. The Democrats have been engaging in voter registration and election fraud since the 1850s – yes, you read that right (it’s in the history books for those who wish to double check me). As time has gone by and their support has continued to fall and they have become more desperate, they have devised ever more methods of cheating and fraud, and they have utilized them to steal a great many elections. The day after Mr. Trump was elected last November, I stated the following: If there is one thing, but one single thing, that Mr. Trump MUST accomplish during this term in office, it is to create and implement a foolproof system to protect and ensure election integrity, or the Democrats will eventually steal enough elections to turn this nation into the one-party dictatorship they have been working toward for more than a century. The future of this nation depends on it.
I was going to be really scary this Halloween and dress up as a Democrat! But then I just covered my head would not fit up my butt ????
It’s a good thing the grownups are in charge, the children were acting up again!
We don’t want any Kings, but we will vote for Tyrannical Governors, and other Dems who will raise our taxes, and our health care, and give away our tax dollars to illegals, who will illegally vote, the tyrants to continue to be in office. So who the heck is the king they’re screaming about LOL!!!
This year I’m dressing up as a liberal for Halloween! When kids knock on my door, I’ll grab half their candy and distribute it to those who were too lazy to go trick-or-treating.
No King is brainless, childish immature, how about a Lone ranger?
What is with the FROG outfits? And all the old, “wore out” folks doing all this? Foot, how much are they being paid?! I might just go sign up my own self…..
Good to mention the Polish astronomer Copernicus and his taking a stand for the facts ,very good way to start the article with that.
Maybe some cows flying ,cows not flying, or jumping over the Moon humor before the serious stuff. Cows cannot jump over the Moon — As for cows being able to fly – that sort of depends on the circumstances – if they are passengers on an airplane then it could be said that they could fly ! I reckon an Air Force C- 130 could probably accommodate about three dozen cows comfortably. Just a bit of flying cows humor there. Regarding the mixed up opinions of those on the Left – primarily about the value of law and law enforcement – not much humorous on that topic. Order holds things in society ,in any civilized system together. Having good, fair laws is needed. to do that. So, that’s all for now – in the spirit of Happy Harvest and in commemoration of All Saints Day on November first . This article is appreciated Robert. Well Done !
I have long hated the war some wage against Halloween but the Left adopting it for their own evil purposes is the cruelest blow of all!
Yeh, kick Kings Soros,
This article does not recognize the problem here & I would think that a lot of Republicans might be surprised by 7 million people just in USA. And I know this for a fact, that some of the protestors are Republicans & not the radical left lunatics as Trump claims. That is a huge message for Trump, but I doubt if he will admit it.
Just right. Puts it all in perspective.